Quotes about food
food diversity
I like to eat and I love the diversity of foods. David Soul
food cutting way
The way you cut your meat reflects the way you live. Confucius
food cooking guests
HOSPITALITY, n. The virtue which induces us to feed and lodge certain persons who are not in need of food and lodging. Ambrose Bierce
food men oysters
OYSTER, n. A slimy, gobby shellfish which civilization gives men the hardihood to eat without removing its entrails! The shells are sometimes given to the poor. Ambrose Bierce
food substance hens
Custard: A detestable substance produced by a malevolent conspiracy of the hen, the cow, and the cook. Ambrose Bierce
food wine drunk
Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Ambrose Bierce
food cereal people
WHEAT, n. A cereal from which a tolerably good whisky can be made; . . . also for bread. The French are said to eat more bread "per capita" of population than any other people, which is natural, for only they know how to make the stuff palatable. Ambrose Bierce
food ninety-nine civilization
SAUCE, n. The one infallible sign of civilization and enlightenment. A people with no sauces has one thousand vices; a people with one sauce has only nine hundred and ninety-nine. For every sauce invented and accepted a vice is renounced and forgiven. Ambrose Bierce
food wine bottles
Empty wine bottles have a bad opinion of women. Ambrose Bierce
food drawing cooking
EAT, v.i. To perform successively (and successfully) the functions of mastication, humectation, and deglutition. 'I was in the drawing-room, enjoying my dinner,' said Brillat-Savarin, beginning an anecdote. 'What!' interrupted Rochebriant; 'eating dinner in a drawing-room?' 'I must beg you to observe, monsieur,' explained the great gastronome, 'that I did not say I was eating my dinner, but enjoying it. I had dined an hour before.' Ambrose Bierce
food evil moderation
Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia. Ambrose Bierce
food cooking madness
Rum, n. Generically, fiery liquors that produce madness in total abstainers. Ambrose Bierce
food cooking religion
Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. Ambrose Bierce
food cooking bread
Deliberation, n.: The act of examining one's bread to determine which side it is buttered on. Ambrose Bierce
food science men
Edible, adj.: Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. Ambrose Bierce
food important
Food simply isn't important to me. Alice Paul
food taste way
Let things taste the way they are. Alice Waters
food hands decision
Eating is always a decision, nobody forces your hand to pick up food and put it into your mouth. Albert Ellis
food wine enemy
Conversation is the enemy of good wine and food. Alfred Hitchcock
food knives
Don't touch my d**k, don't touch my knife. Anthony Bourdain
food humble rocks
Do we really want to travel in hermetically sealed popemobiles through the rural provinces of France, Mexico and the Far East, eating only in Hard Rock Cafes and McDonalds? Or do we want to eat without fear, tearing into the local stew, the humble taqueria's mystery meat, the sincerely offered gift of a lightly grilled fish head? I know what I want. I want it all. I want to try everything once. Anthony Bourdain
food vegas feelings
I lurched away from the table after a few hours feeling like Elvis in Vegas - fat, drugged, and completely out of it. Anthony Bourdain
food oil lazy
Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic. Anthony Bourdain
food trying static
That without experimentation, a willingness to ask questions and try new things, we shall surely become static, repetitive, moribund. Anthony Bourdain
food cooking enemy
Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like splinter faction, the vegans ... are the enemy of everything good and decent in the human spirit. Anthony Bourdain
food amusement body
your body is not a temple, it's an amusement park. Enjoy the ride. Anthony Bourdain
food cooking sausage
To me, life without veal stock, pork fat, sausage, organ meat, demi-glace, or even stinky cheese is a life not worth living. Anthony Bourdain
food adventure oysters
I've long believed that good food, good eating, is all about risk. Whether we're talking about unpasteurized Stilton, raw oysters or working for organized crime 'associates,' food, for me, has always been an adventure Anthony Bourdain
food simple fabulous
Good food is very often, even most often, simple food. Anthony Bourdain
food half eating
Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it. Andy Rooney
food cooking recipes
Cooking is an observation-based process that you can't do if you're so completely focused on a recipe. Alton Brown
food form forms illinois processing revolves unique
We have a unique form of biotech in Illinois and a lot revolves around agriculture, food processing and alternative forms of energy.
food good indian restaurant run seem serving
I would still like to own and run a restaurant serving Indian food with a good dollop of Parsi cooking - which you can't seem to get anywhere.